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bĭpĕdālis , e, adj. id.,
I.two feet long, broad, or thick (class. in prose and poetry): “fenestrae,” Cato, R. R. 14, 2: “trabes,” two feet thick, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: “materia,” id. B. C. 2, 10: sol huic (Epicuro) bipedalis fortasse videtur, * Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: adulescentulus bipedali minor, * Suet. Aug. 43: “tegulae,” Vitr. 7, 1 fin.: “modulus,” Hor. S. 2, 3, 309: “hiatus,” Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 57: “latitudo,” Col. 8, 3, 7.—
II. Subst.: bĭpĕdāle , is, n., a tile or flag-stone two feet long, Inscr. Fabr. p. 500, 39.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 4.17
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 43
    • Horace, Satires, 2.3.309
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 7.1
    • Caesar, Civil War, 2.10
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.57
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    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.3.7
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